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Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6407
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 8:06 am: |     |
I don't see a negative for Edwards in doing this. The votes it brings would put Edwards well ahead of Kerry and solidify him as the candidate for change vs. old school liberal Kerry. |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4697
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 8:27 am: | |
Dean isn't going to fly with the moderates, independents and in the rust belt states. If Edwards pulls the upset, and he may do this, it would make sense to go for a VP candidate with a strong foreign affairs background, since this is an area of weakness in his record.
I almost, but not quite, feel sorry for Karl Rove and his black arts folks. First they had to plan a campaign against Dean, then Kerry and now Edwards has to be taken into account. Since Edwards is a first term Senator it will be harder to dredge up much from his voting record. The best they can do is call him an ambulance chaser.
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Mayhewdrive
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Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 812
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 9:11 am: | |
In several interviews, they have asked Edwards if he would consider the VP spot. Last night on Larry King, for the first time, I saw someone ask him if he would consider Kerry for HIS VP?  John Edwards got quite a chuckle out of that question, but he seemed to really enjoy the prospect.
Certainly, I think if anything, Edwards/Kerry is a more realistic scenario that Edwards/Dean. I agree with bobk. |
Nohero
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Username: Nohero
Post Number: 2888
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 9:20 am: | |
Two thoughts, and a suggestion:
First, I think Dean and Edwards are on opposite ends of the "What do you think of the Iraq War" spectrum. Kerry is somewhere between those two guys.
Second, in the general election Edwards would need an experienced hand as a VP. Someone with foreign policy experience, who could also add "gravitas", or whatever that word is.
And the suggestion: How about Senator Biden from Delaware? Lots of credentials, with both stature in the party and bipartisan respect. He's been notable lately as his common-sense approach to foreign policy has been getting more of a hearing. |
court07040
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Username: Court07040
Post Number: 44
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 9:41 am: | |
I think Biden has the credentials, but Kerry should pick a running mate from the South or West in order to broaden his appeal in a national election. I'd be shocked if Edwards isn't his running mate. |
Nohero
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Username: Nohero
Post Number: 2889
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 9:57 am: | |
I should have been clearer, I was talking about a running mate for Edwards, if he's the nominee.
I agree, if Kerry is the nominee, it makes a lot of sense to have Edwards as VP. |
Grateful Straw
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Username: Strawberry
Post Number: 1953
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 9:58 am: | |
Edwards would pick Clinton...period.
Look for awhile at the China Cat Sunflower proud-walking jingle in the midnight sun Copper-dome Bodhi drip a silver kimono like a crazy-quilt stargown through a dream night wind.
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harpo
Citizen
Username: Harpo
Post Number: 1258
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 10:55 am: | |
Nohero,
I don't think Biden's health is good enough (and let's hope Kerry's is).
I think Edwards should run with Dennis Quaid. That smile seems to be the charm. Why not double the fun?
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tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 1997
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 12:32 pm: | |
I see Dean and Cheney getting into a fist-fight at their debate. |
J. Crohn
Citizen
Username: Jcrohn
Post Number: 932
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 1:14 pm: | |
"I don't see a negative for Edwards in doing this. The votes it brings would put Edwards well ahead of Kerry and solidify him as the candidate for change vs. old school liberal Kerry."
Maybe makes some sense in the primaries, Dave. But how do you think it would play at the national level?
It seems to me the Dems, in order to win in November, need to appeal to the center. I don't think I see an Edwards-Dean ticket accomplishing that.
But what do I know? I was really flat-footed when Kerry began to outperform Dean; I thought surely the Dem caucusers would go with the manifest alpha-dog (as it were).
Now, it could be that Kerry is just sailing through on early momentum; maybe he hasn't got the chops to beat Bush in the presidential election. If so, Edwards would be the better presidential nominee, and I think Nohero is right that Biden would make a good running mate for him. (Biden used to annoy me, but I've found him increasingly credible over the last 3 years, and he's very bright.) Then again, a Kerry-Edwards ticket might indeed appeal to southerners, although I doubt many would be swayed from voting Republican.
In any case, I'll vote twice for anyone the Democrats put up, other than Dennis Kucinich or Al Sharpton, if it will get Monkey out of the White House. (FWIW, I say this remaining firmly in favor of the Iraq invasion.)
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